Russia Feared Hitler's Panzer Tanks. But They Might Have Feared Who Led Them Even More.

http://nationalinterest.org/ ^ | 3/18/18

[YogicCowboy]

Tiger heavy: underpowered, unmaneuverable, massive armor, lethal cannon.

T-34 was an excellent medium tank, better functionally than the M4, though more primitive.

I once read that Americans (and Russians?) most feared the dual-purpose German 88mm gun, but the Germans most feared the Browning .50 heavy machine gun (best non-cannon ever, I opine). Eight fifties in a P-47 was an awesome ground attack weapon - even against tanks on land and destroyers on water.

[YogicCowboy]

And they are not fat and lazy after 70 years of Stalin-Bad.

[YogicCowboy]

See line by Patrick McGoohan in Ice Station Zebra on Russian, British, and American captured German scientists.

[aumrl]

Well decorated.
Similar to Rudel.
Seem to have read of him before.

[panzerkamphwageneinz]

Jaw dropping

[Stosh]

Couldn’t stop reading; this guy was wounded more times than I could count - and he lived to 75. Amazing - thanks for the post.

[blueunicorn6]

Thank you for posting this.

Very informative.

[wally_bert]

It came to my mind too.

[Snickering Hound]

I think it was covered on season 2 of Greatest Tank Battles on the Military Channel in an episode about the Baltics.

Might be on streaming now

[painter]

WOW !! I wonder what Patton thought of him?

[zeestephen]

Great post. Thank you.

Apparently, it’s really tough to get promoted in the German Army.

Strachwitz was almost 48 when he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, and he was almost 50 when he became a full Colonel.

[central_va]

This is a good read.

[caver]

Great post! I’m a WWII buff but have never heard of him.

[alternatives?]

That was an interesting observation I hadn’t ever thought of. Sometimes Christianity thrives best under oppression. I wonder whether that is where we are headed?

[Pontiac]

I wonder whether that is where we are headed?

I think we are already there.

Christians are frequently oppressed in the US and Europe.

Christians have been oppressed in the Middle East for over a thousand years.

It is new in the West but not much anywhere else.

[Henry Hnyellar]

“Technologically the U.S looted more from Germany than the U.S.S.R. Way more. Rocketry, Jet engines, Nuclear, encryption, radar, radio, medical.”

What nonsense is this? The USA broke the Germans encryption, ENIGMA. They never broke ours, SIGABA.

We already had radar as did the Brits.

What radio?

What medical?

[alfa6]

Bfl

[DesertRhino]

Germany never got a decent proximity shell either.

[vladimir998]

White Tiger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiGDJ5-dXaI

[hinckley buzzard]

Rather like a German General Patton. Most of the German officers were aristocrats like this man, professional, well versed, nationalistic, with a general contempt for the riff raff who composed the Nazi hierarchy.